Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education
Mission
To improve the care of surgical patients by actively identifying and tracking innovations, evaluating their surgical potential, and promoting their safe and effective adoption.
Vision
To respond to emerging surgical technologies by evaluating their appropriateness; establishing educational processes for achieving, maintaining and verifying competence in these technologies; and fostering liaisons with societies, certifying bodies and organizations engaged in these new technologies.
Values
- optimize the safe and timely introduction of efficacious technologies
- rely on the best available evidence
- deploy good educational strategies
- use valid and reliable metrics
- work collaboratively with other organizations
- respond to the needs of society, patients and Fellows
Reports
The following document series entitled “Horizon Scanning in Surgery: Application to Surgical Education and Practice” was prepared for the ACS Division of Education by the Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures—Surgical (ASERNIP-S).
Horizon Scanning in Surgery: Application to Surgical Education and Practice
- Robotic Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy (Nov 2008 / Jan 2010) (130K PDF)
- Robotic Colorectal Surgery (Nov 2008 / Jan 2010) (190K PDF)
- Sacral Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Refractory Constipation (Mar 2009 / Jan 2010) (200K PDF)
- Endoluminal Treatments for Obesity (Jun 2010) (630K PDF)
- Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping for Colorectal Cancer (Jun 2010) (375K PDF)
- Microwave Ablation for Lung Cancer (Nov 2010) (250K PDF)
- Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) for Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) (Dec 2010) (400K PDF)
- Surgisis AFP Anal Fistula Plug (April 2011) (210K PDF)
- Radiofrequency-assisted (Bloodless) Liver Resection (Jun 2011) (260K PDF)
Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education Roster
Staff:
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC
Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH
The Committee on Emerging Surgical Technology and Education welcomes your comments. Please contact the Committee's staff liaison, Patrice Blair, at pbair@facs.org 312-202-5018
Revised January 9, 2012